28th Session of the IOC Assembly
IOC-28

Meeting

18 - 25 June 2015

Location

125 Avenue de Suffren
75015 Paris
France


Organizer & Staff
Participation

By invitation only.

28th Session of the IOC Assembly
Summary

The Assembly concluded its work on Thursday 25 June afternoon. The full report of the Session is available on the bottom of this page. In other languages than English, the report consists of four parts and three resolutions adopted in plenary session on 25 June. The parts of the Provisional summary reports below are unedited at this stage.

Results IOC elections 2015: Elections have been held and the results have been posted on the website. IOC Ocean Science Day, 2015: A scientific forum took place on 17 June to discuss the current challenges and emerging issues of ocean science through lectures and panel discussions. Find more on the dedicated webpage. Evaluation questionnaire: Give your opinion on the session arrangements by filling out the online before July, 1st here. Documents published during the session.

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Final Report
Presentations: 25
Agenda Documents: 70
Background Documents: 5
Other Documents: 7
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Report
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IOC-XXVIII/3 Report of the Twenty-eighth Session of the Assembly, Paris, 18–25 June 2015 25/01/2016
Presentation
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10.1 IOC’s Contribution in United Nations Inter-agency Activities 26/06/2015
10.2 Integrated Coastal Area Management, including Marine Spatial Planning and Large Marine Ecosystems 26/06/2015
10.3 International Polar Partnership Initiative (by the Steering Group on a long-term cooperative polar initiative) 26/06/2015
11.1 Report of the Chair of the Financial Committee 26/06/2015
3.1 Chairman's Statement on the State of Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) 13/07/2015
3.2 Report by the Executive Secretary on Programme and Budget (2014–2015) Implementation 26/06/2015
3.3.1 Intersessional Activities & Outcomes of WESTPAC-X 26/06/2015
3.3.2 IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions: 13th Session of IOCARIBE 26/06/2015
3.3.3 Third Session of the IOC Sub Commission for Africa and the Adjacent Island States (14-15 April 2015, Nairobi, Kenya) 26/06/2015
5.1 Ocean Science in Canada: Meeting the Challenge, Seizing the Opportunity 26/06/2015
5.1 IOC/INF-1321 Global Ocean Science Report: Progress, challenges, prospects 25/10/2015
5.2 WCRP: Analyse and prediction; confronting urgent climate challenges 26/06/2015
5.3 Report of the IOC IIOE-2 Interim Planning Committee (Group of Experts) to the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO - A strategic plan towards the implementation of IIOE-2 26/06/2015
6.1 United Nations World Ocean Assessment 26/06/2015
6.1 Regular process for global reporting and assessment of the state of the marine environment, including Socio-economic Aspects - World Ocean Assessment I 13/07/2015
6.2 Revision of Terms of Reference and Rules of Procedure for GEBCO Guiding Committee 26/06/2015
6.2 Review of IOC’s Role and Involvement in GEBCO 26/06/2015
7.1.1 The Global Ocean Observing System 26/06/2015
7.1.2 GCOS Global Climate Observing System 15/07/2015
7.1.3 Linking ocean and atmosphere: JCOMM Report to the XXVIII IOC Assembly 26/06/2015
7.2.1 IODE-XXIII Session Report 26/06/2015
8.1.4 Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas 26/06/2015
8.2 TOWS-WG-VIII, Morioka, Japan, March 12-13, 2015 26/06/2015
8.3 IPHAB-XII report 26/06/2015
9.1 IOC Capacity Development Strategy 2015-2021 26/06/2015
Agenda Documents
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10.1 IOC/INF-1330 UN Coordination: a potential role for IOC under a new UNCLOS implementing agreement on biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction 14/06/15
10.1 IOC/INF-1328 Update on IOC Contribution to United Nations initiatives (2015) 18/06/15
10.2 IOC/INF-1329 Progress in the implementation of the Integrated Coastal Area Management (ICAM) Strategy, including marine spatial planning and Large Marine Ecosystems 28/05/15
10.3 IOC-XXVIII/2 Annex 9 Concept: International Polar Partnership Initiative (IPPI), 2015 revision 02/06/15
11.1 IOC-XXVIII/2 Annex 3 Draft Programme and Budget for 2016-2017 11/05/15
11.1 IOC-XXVIII/Dr.(11.1) Financial matters of the Commission - Draft Resolution 24/06/15
11.2 196 EX/23.INF.5 New audits by the External Auditor, Part V: interim report on the audit of the governance of UNESCO and dependent funds, programmes and entities 22/06/15
11.2 Final report on Governance of UNESCO and dependent funds, programmes and entities by the external auditors (August 2015) 12/08/15
11.3 IOC-XXVIII/NOM/WP3 List of Candidates for Elections (22 June 2015, 18.30 hours) 22/06/15
11.3 Results of the Elections for Officers and Seats at the IOC Executive Council 2015 24/06/15
12. IOC-XXVIII/Inf.1 Add. Template for Submission of Written Records to the Assembly Summary Report 19/05/15
12. IOC-XXVIII/3 Prov. Part 1 Provisional Summary Report Part 1 (IOC-28) 13/07/15
12. IOC-XXVIII/DR.(5.3) Rev.2 International Indian Ocean Expedition - Draft Resolution 23/06/15
12. IOC-XXVIII/DR.(9.1) Rev. IOC Capacity Development Strategy (2015-2021) - Draft Resolution 23/06/15
12. IOC-XXVIII/Dr.(11.1) Financial matters of the Commission - Draft Resolution 24/06/15
12. IOC-XXVIII/3 prov. Pt.2 Provisional Summary Report Part 2 (IOC-28) 13/07/15
12. IOC-XXVIII/3 prov. Pt.3 Provisional Summary Report Part 3 (IOC-28) 13/07/15
2. IOC/EC-XLVIII/3s Executive Summary Report of the Forty-eighth Session of the IOC Executive Council 17/06/15
2.1 IOC-XXVIII/1 Prov. Rev. Revised Provisional Agenda (IOC-28) 20/05/15
2.1 IOC-XXVIII/1 Add. Prov. Rev. Revised Provisional Timetable (IOC-28) 16/06/15
2.1 IOC-XXVIII/2 Prov. Provisional Action Paper (IOC-28) 12/06/15
2.1 IOC-XXVIII/2 Prov. Add. Provisional Action Paper - Addendum (IOC-28) 18/06/15
2.4 IOC-XXVIII/1 Add. Prov. Rev. Revised Provisional Timetable (IOC-28) 16/06/15
2.4 IOC-XXVIII/Inf.1 Add. Template for Submission of Written Records to the Assembly Summary Report 19/05/15
2.4 IOC-XXVIII/4 Prov.Rev. Revised Provisional List of Documents (IOC-28) 01/06/15
3.1 IOC-XXVIII/Inf.3 Rev. Statement of the Chair on the State of the IOC, 2015 25/06/15
3.2 IOC-XXVIII/2 Annex 2 Report on Budget Execution (2014) 11/05/15
3.2 IOC-XXVIII/2 Annex 1 Report of the Executive Secretary on the work accomplished since the previous session 26/05/15
3.2 IOC-XXVIII/2 Annex 1 Add. Rev. Report of the Executive Secretary on the work accomplished since the previous session - Addendum 16/06/15
3.2 IOC-XXVIII/2 annex 2 Corr. Report on Budget Execution (2014) -Corrigendum 17/06/15
3.3 IOC/INF-1322 Rev. Update on the Status of IOC Subsidiary Bodies, 2015 13/07/22
3.3.1 IOC/WESTPAC-X/3s Executive Summary Report of the Tenth Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Western Pacific (WESTPAC), 12–15 May 2015, Phuket, Thailand 16/06/15
3.3.2 IOC/SC-IOCARIBE-XIII/3s Executive Summary Report of the Thirteenth Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for the Caribbean and Adjacent Region (IOCARIBE), 25–28 May 2015, Merida, Mexico 16/06/15
3.3.3 IOC/WR-269 Forum on Sustained Ocean Observations and Services in IOC Group V (Africa and Arab countries) 09/06/15
3.3.3 IOCAFRICA-III/3s Executive Summary Report of the Third Session of the IOC Sub-Commission for Africa and the Adjacent Island States (IOCAFRICA), 13–15 April 2015, Nairobi, Kenya 16/06/15
3.3.4 IOC-XXVIII/RSB/3s Executive Summary Report of the Regional Subsidiary Bodies meeting (Paris, 15 June 2015) 19/06/15
3.4 IOC-XXVIII/2 Annex 3 Draft Programme and Budget for 2016-2017 11/05/15
3.5 IOC-XXVIII/6 Draft Report of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (2014–2015) to the 38th General Conference of UNESCO 02/06/15
4. UK Natcom Policy Brief 13 An evaluation of the Integovernmental Oceanographic Commission's role in global marine science and oceanography, February 2015 14/06/15
4. IOC-XXVIII/2 Annex 4 Report of the Chair of the Intersessional Working Group on ‘The Future of the IOC’ 20/06/15
4. IOC-XXVIII/2 prov. corr. Provisional Action Paper - Corrigendum (IOC-28) 22/06/15
5.1 IOC/INF-1321 Global Ocean Science Report: Progress, challenges, prospects 25/10/15
5.2 IOC/INF-1323 World Climate Research Programme (WCRP): Year 2015 Report 14/06/15
5.3 SCOR document The Second International Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE-2) - A Basin-wide Research Program (Draft Science Plan, version 1, 13 May 2015) 20/05/15
5.3 IOC/INF-1324 Strategic Framework for Implementation of the Second International Indian Ocean Expedition – Report of the IOC Second International Indian Ocean Expedition (IIOE-2) Interim Planning Committee 03/06/15
5.3 IOC-XXVIII/DR.(5.3) Rev.2 International Indian Ocean Expedition - Draft Resolution 23/06/15
6.1 IOC/INF-1331 IOC Contribution to World Ocean Assessment and other ocean assessment processes (IPBES, TWAP), 2015 26/05/15
6.2 IOC-XXVIII/2 Annex 6 Revision of the Terms of Reference and Rules of Procedure for the GEBCO Guiding Committee 20/05/15
6.2 IOC-XXVIII/2 Annex 7 Review of the Role and Involvement of the IOC in the General Bathymetric Chart of the Ocean (GEBCO) Project 04/06/15
6.2 IOC/INF-1325 GEBCO Guiding Committee Report, 2013–2015 18/06/15
7.1.1 GOOS-212 Executive Summary Report of the 4th Meeting of the Global Ocean Observing System Steering Committee, Townsville, Australia, 24–26 May 2015 01/02/17
7.1.2 IOC/INF-1326 GCOS Planning and Implementation, 2015 18/06/15
7.1.3 MAN-11/BM.5.1 A Strategy for JCOMM 21/05/15
7.1.3 JCOMM-4/Doc.3 [FINAL] Report by the Co-presidents of the Commission 29/05/12
7.1.3 WMO-No.1093, WMO-IOC/JCOMM-4/3 Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology, 4th session 29/11/12
7.1.3 JCOMM-MR-117, MAN-11-final-report Eleventh Session of the Management Committee 21/01/16
7.1.3 IOC/INF-1327 Report by the co-presidents of Joint WMO-IOC Technical Commission for Oceanography and Marine Meteorology (JCOMM) 18/06/15
7.2.1 IOC/IODE-XXIII/3 IOC Committee on International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange, Twenty-third Session, Brugge Belgium, 17-20 March 2015 31/03/15
7.2.1 IOC/IODE-XXIII/3s Summary Executive Summary of the IOC Committee on International Oceanographic Data and Information Exchange, Twenty-third Session, Bruges, Belgium, 17–20 March 2015 16/06/15
8.1.1 ICG/PTWS-XXVI/3 Twenty-sixth Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Pacific Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System; Honolulu, USA; 22–24 April 2015 22/11/19
8.1.2 ICG/IOTWS-X/3s Executive Summary Report of the 10th Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/IOTWS-X), Muscat, Oman, 24–26 March 2015 11/06/15
8.1.3 ICG/CARIBE-EWS-X/3 Summary Report of the 10th Session of the Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions, Philipsburg, Sint Maarten, Kingdom of the Netherlands, 19–21 May 2015 17/07/15
8.1.4 IOC/ICG/NEAMTWS-XI/3 Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas: 11th Session of ICG-NEAMTWS, 12–14 November 2014, Nicosia, Cyprus 21/05/15
8.2 IOC/TOWS-WG-VIII/3 Report of Eighth Session of the Working Group on Tsunamis and Other Hazards Related to Sea-Level Warning and Mitigation Systems (TOWS-WG), Morioka, Japan, 12–13 March 2015 21/11/19
8.3 IOC/INF-1320 GEOHAB Scientific Summary for Policy Makers on Harmful Algal Blooms, 2015 22/06/15
8.3 IOC/IPHAB-XII/3s Executive Summary Report of the Twelfth Session of the IOC Intergovernmental Panel on Harmful Algal Blooms, UNESCO Headquarters, 28–30 April 2015 23/06/15
9.1 IOC-XXVIII/2 Annex 8 IOC Capacity Development Strategy for 2015-2021 01/06/15
9.1 IOC-XXVIII/2 Annex 8 Corr. Rev. IOC Capacity Development Strategy for 2015-2021 - Revised Corrigendum 23/06/15
9.1 IOC-XXVIII/DR.(9.1) Rev. IOC Capacity Development Strategy (2015-2021) - Draft Resolution 23/06/15
9.1 IOC-XXVIII/2 Annex 8 Add. IOC Capacity Development Strategy for 2015–2021 - Annexes 22/06/15
Background Documents
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IOC/INF-1315 Revised Guidelines for the Preparation and Consideration of Draft Resolutions 18/05/2022
IOC/INF-1412 IOC Medium-term Strategy, 2022-2029 29/04/2022
IOC/INF-1148 IOC Statutes 20/02/2008
IOC/INF-1166Rev IOC Rules of Procedure (2023) 28/03/2024
11.2 IOC-XXVIII/Inf.4 IOC Contribution to the self-assessment of governance 23/06/2015
Other Documents
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IOC-28-agenda-responsible-staff Responsible Staff for each item on the agenda of the 28th session of the Assembly 18/03/2015
IOC-28 Individual e-pre-registration form 13/03/2015
CL-2570 Invitation to the Twenty-eighth Session of the IOC Assembly, 18–25 June 2015, Forty-eighth Session of the IOC Executive Council, 16 June 2015, and the IOC Science Day, 17 June 2015, UNESCO HQ, Paris 07/04/2015
IOC-XXVIII/5 List of Participants 06/11/2015
IOC-XXVIII/Inf.2 Programme of the IOC Ocean Science Day, 2015 11/06/2015
IOC-XXVIII/Inf.1 Working arrangements during the IOC 28th Assembly June 2015 14/06/2015
IOC-XXVIII/Inf.1 Add. Template for submission of written records to the Executive Council Summary Report 14/06/2015
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